Chery A15. Manual — part 231

(14) Fix the right engine bracket (see
Engine/Engine Bracket – Fixing)
(15) Fix the timing chain (see
Engine/Valve Timing/Timing
Chain/Chain Cover – Fixing).
(16) Connect the storage battery cathode
fittings.

Section Five Cylinder Cover Components

One. Cylinder cover
1. Unfixing the cylinder cover
(1) Unfix the fuel system (see Fuel System)
(2) Detach the storage battery cathode fittings.
(3) Detach the storage battery anode and take out the storage battery.
(4) Drain the cooling fluid (see Cooling System).
(5) Detach the air suction pipe off the throttle.
(6) Detach the ground wire on the cylinder.

(7) Detach the vacuum hose on the throttle.
(8) Detach the plugs of the following sensors.

Oxygen sensor

Engine oil pressure sensor

Camshaft position sensor

Crank shaft position sensor

Lighting signal

Throttle assembly

Spray nozzle

Water temperature sensor

Sensor

Generator

Knock sensor

Starter

(9) Detach the heat economizer water pipe and warm air heater’s return pipe.
(10) Detach the fittings for the warm air heater and the heat economizer.
(11) Detach the water pipe off the upper water tank.
(12) Jack up the car.
(13) Unfix the front right wheel.
(14) Unfix the driving belt.
(15) Unfix the decorative plate of the driving belt.
(16) Unscrew the lower bolts of the right engine bracket.
(17) Unscrew the set bolts of the exhaust manifold fittings.
(18) Lower the car.
(19) Unfix the upper torsion bar.

(20) Unfix the fittings from the power
steering pump to the engine bracket.
(21) Unfix the oil tank of the power
steering pump.
(22) Jack up the engine oil sump with a
hydraulic jack.
(23) Unscrew the holddown bolts of the
right engine bracket.
(24) Unfix the camshaft position sensor.
(25) Unfix the valve chamber cover (see
Engine/Cylinder Cover/Valve chamber
cover – Unfixing).

(26) Turn the crank shaft until it reaches
the upper limit of the first cylinder.
(27) Align with the camshaft timing
chain mark.



1-Align the timing chain mark with the
sprocket wheel mark.
2-Camshaft sprocket wheel timing mark.




(28) Fix the camshaft sprocket wheel
with a special wheel (Figure 29).

Figure 28 Timing Chain and Cam Shaft

Mark

1-Camshaft sprocket wheel special tool

(29) Unfix the timing chain tensioner off
the cylinder body (Figure 30)

Figure 29 Cam Shaft Sprocket Wheel

Spanners

1-Sealing bolt
2-Engine oil chamber
3-Timing chain tensioner






(30) Remove the camshaft sprocket
wheel tooth off the crank shaft.
(31) Unfix the camshaft sprocket wheel
off the camshaft and remove the timing
chain from the sprocket wheel.
(32) Unfix the cylinder cover plug, unfix
the fittings for the timing chain guide
board on the cylinder cover and take out
the timing chain guide board (Figure 31).



1-Left timing chain guide board
2-Left timing chain guide board
3-Fittings
4-Cylinder cover plug





Note: avoid damaging the ignition
plug while unscrewing the cylinder
cover bolts.
(33) Unscrew the cylinder cover bolts
(Figure 32).
(34) Unfix the cylinder cover and gasket.

Figure 30 Timing Chain Tensioner

Figure 31 Fixing the Timing Chain

Guide Board